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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 867 By: Hicks
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 1210.545, which relates to annual reports for
67	67	the Oklahoma School Testing Progr am; updating
68	68	statutory language; requiring school site report
69	69	cards to include certain minimum number of indicators
70	70	of enrichment and support opportunities and staffing
71	71	experience and retention ; providing an effective
72	72	date; and declaring an emergency .
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.545, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	Section 1210.545. A. Except as otherwise provided, as part of
81	81	the accountability system developed as provided for in Section
82	82	1210.541 of this title, the State Board of Education shall prepare
83	83	annual reports of the results of the Oklahoma School Testing Program
84	84	which describe student achievement in the state, and each school
85	85	site, pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
86	86	(ESEA) as reauthoriz ed by P.L. No. 114-95, also known as the Every
87	87	Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and any related federal regulations.
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139	139	B. The annual report as required pursuant to subsection A of
140	140	this section shall identify school sites as having one of the
141	141	following grades for each indicator, separately, and by a single
142	142	overview grade of all indicators, defined according to rules of the
143	143	State Board of Education:
144	144	1. “A” means schools making excellent progress;
145	145	2. “B” means schools making above average progress;
146	146	3. “C” means schools making satisfactory progress;
147	147	4. “D” means schools making less than satisfactory progress;
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149	149	5. “F” means schools failing to make adequate progress.
150	150	C. Each school that has students who are tested and included in
151	151	the school grading system as provided for in this section shall
152	152	receive a school grade, except as follows:
153	153	1. A school shall not receive a school grade if the number of
154	154	students tested and included in the sc hool grading system is less
155	155	than the minimum sample size necessary for statist ical reliability
156	156	and prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable
157	157	student data. The State Board of Education is directed to establish
158	158	the lowest minimum sample size necessary to meet the requirements of
159	159	this paragraph; and
160	160	2. The academic performance of students who are enrolled full -
161	161	time in an online program that is offered by a school district or
162	162	charter school that is not the district of residence or is not
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214	214	located in the district of residence of the student shall be
215	215	reported separately by the school district or charter school and
216	216	shall not be included when determining the grade of the school site
217	217	or charter school.
218	218	D. The State Board of Education may adopt a lternate systems of
219	219	accountability for statewide virtual charter schools, alternative
220	220	education programs as defined in Section 1210.568 of this title, and
221	221	schools serving only grades prekindergarten or kindergarten through
222	222	two.
223	223	E. The grade of a school sh all be based on a multimeasures
224	224	approach to accountability in accordance with the Elementary and
225	225	Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as reauthorized by P.L. No.
226	226	114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and any
227	227	federal regulations that include, but are not limited to, the
228	228	following indicators:
229	229	1. Statewide assessments, including the establishment of
230	230	student performance bands;
231	231	2. Graduation rates for high schools;
232	232	3. Statewide academic measures for elementary and middle
233	233	schools;
234	234	4. English language proficiency for English learners; and
235	235	5. At least one additio nal statewide measure of school quality
236	236	or student success, including, but not limited to, school climate,
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288	288	school safety, student engagement, educator engagement, and/or
289	289	advanced coursework and postsecondary readiness.
290	290	F. Of the indicators included in subsection E of this section,
291	291	not less than seventy percent (70%) of the overview grade must be
292	292	given to indicators 1, 2, 3 , and 4 and, in the aggregate, with not
293	293	more than thirty percent (30%) of the grade given to indicator 5.
294	294	G. Further, the grade of an e lementary or middle school site
295	295	shall include, but not be limited to, a measure of status for
296	296	English language arts (ELA), math , and science, growth in ELA and
297	297	math, English Language Proficiency Assessment language proficiency
298	298	assessment (ELPA) progress, and chronic absenteeism.
299	299	H. The grade of a high school site shall include, but not be
300	300	limited to, a measure of status for English language arts (ELA),
301	301	math, and science status, English Language Proficiency Assessment
302	302	language proficiency assessment (ELPA) progress, graduation rate,
303	303	chronic absenteeism, and postsecondary opportunities. For purposes
304	304	of this section, postsecondary opportunities shall include Advanced
305	305	Placement advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, dual and
306	306	concurrent enrollment, internships, mentorships and apprenticeships,
307	307	and industry certifications. The Board shall adopt a time line
308	308	timeline for moving from completion of such opportunities to
309	309	crediting achievement of such opportunities.
310	310	I. The annual report shall identify the p erformance of each
311	311	school as having improved, remained the same, or declined. This
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363	363	school improvement rating shall be based on a comparison of the
364	364	student and school performance data of the current year to the
365	365	previous year data.
366	366	J. 1. The State Department of Education shall annually develop
367	367	a school site report card to be delivered to parents throughout each
368	368	school district. The report card shall be in accordance with the
369	369	requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
370	370	(ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. No. 114 -95, also known
371	371	as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and includes the grade for
372	372	the school, information regarding school improvement, an explanation
373	373	of school performance, and indicators of return on investment. The
374	374	report card for each school site shall be published annually by the
375	375	Department on its website, and every school district shall provide
376	376	the school site report card to the parent or guardian of each
377	377	student enrolled in the school site. In order to provide
378	378	information regarding school performance for school report cards
379	379	issued during the 2016 -2017 and 2017-2018 school year, the
380	380	Department shall include an explanation of the change s to the
381	381	statewide system of student assessments as required in Section
382	382	1210.508 of this title and how the transition in assessments may
383	383	impact school performance. The Department shall issue school report
384	384	cards using the 2016 -2017 school year assessment d ata that is
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437	437	2. The school site report card published on the Depart ment’s
438	438	website and provided to the parent or guardian of each student
439	439	enrolled in the school site pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
440	440	subsection shall include a minimum of five (5) i ndicators of
441	441	enrichment and support opportunities such as the following:
442	442	a. programs offered for gifted and talented students,
443	443	b. foreign language course offerings,
444	444	c. whether the school site has an active parent teacher
445	445	association or parent teacher organ ization,
446	446	d. science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
447	447	course offerings,
448	448	e. intergenerational programming offerings,
449	449	f. apprenticeship, internship, and mentorship offerings,
450	450	g. before-school and after-school programming
451	451	availability,
452	452	h. extracurricular activities available , and
453	453	i. mental health support.
454	454	3. The school site report card published on the Department’s
455	455	website and provided to the parent or guardian of each student
456	456	enrolled in the school site pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
457	457	subsection shall include a minimum of three indicators of staffing
458	458	experience and retention s uch as the following:
459	459	a. the percentage of teachers with more than three (3)
460	460	years of teaching experience,
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512	512	b. the percentage of teachers who have been employed by
513	513	the school site for more than three (3) years,
514	514	c. the percentage of teachers with National Board
515	515	certification or post -graduate degrees,
516	516	d. the percentage of teachers with an emergency or
517	517	provisional certificate, as provided for in Section 6 -
518	518	187 of this title,
519	519	e. the percentage of teachers who are adjunct teachers,
520	520	as provided for in Section 6 -122.3 of this title, and
521	521	f. the length of time the school site principal has been
522	522	in his or her position.
523	523	K. The Legislature may factor in the performance of schools in
524	524	calculating any performance-based funding policy that is provided to
525	525	public school districts.
526	526	L. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
527	527	implement the provisions of this section.
528	528	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025 .
529	529	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservat ion
530	530	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
531	531	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
532	532	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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